Communist Party of Spain (8th and 9th Congresses) explained

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Communist Party of Spain (8th and 9th Congresses)
Native Name:Partido Comunista de España (VIII y IX Congresos)
Split:Communist Party of Spain
Headquarters:Madrid
Merged:PCEU
Ideology:Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Pro-Soviet Union
Position:Left-wing
Country:Spain
Abbreviation:PCE (VIII-IX)

The Communist Party of Spain (8th and 9th Congresses) (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de España (VIII y IX Congresos)) was a pro-Soviet splinter group of Communist Party of Spain (PCE).

PCE (VIII-IX) was one of many groups that broke away from PCE during the period when Santiago Carrillo held the post of PCE general secretary and directed the party towards Eurocommunism; it was founded in 1971. A prominent leader of the new party was Agustín Gómez. It published a magazine called Mundo Obrero (same name as the publication of PCE).

In 1980 PCE (VIII-IX) fused with Workers' Communist Party to form the Unified Communist Party of Spain. PCEU was later instrumental in creating the Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain in 1982.

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